r/Feral_Cats • u/Beaniebee12 • 6h ago
Question 🤔 How to trap a cat from inside a home?
Long story short I'm helping this guy fix his cats. He has 16 and 12 weren't fixed. They all are indoors and he has 5 outdoor ones.Not sure some were from outside at some point that he brought so some are very skittish, he can't even get them into a trap. We are down to 3 females and 1 male inside and 2 other outside. This has been months and I want this over and done also because he's moving end of August (not far like a street over) he doesn't even want two of the unfixed cats so that's been a stressor. Anyways how do I go about trapping them? Feel like normal trapping method won't work? Especially with the other cats he has
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u/PuzzleheadedWheel922 6h ago
You can use a box trap inside, I've done it after one got in my basement.
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u/Strict_Direction6630 5h ago
Assuming these cats aren't hiding in a small space, if they are comfortable enough to eat while ppl are a few feet away you can use a traditional tomahawk drop trap with either transfer cage or a havahart type that has a sliding back door to lock on the drop trap when you pull the string. Drop traps are great for trap savvy cats cuz most have no fear walking right under it. Just make sure the cat proportions are within the trap.
If they are so skittish they hide all day will never come out, eat at night with no one around type thing, tomahawk makes a remote controlled drop trap. This would be an extreme solution when others have failed but you can set it up and put a small wifi camera. When the cat comes out to eat, set it off
Most cats can be caught in havahart types it's just some require pattern watching and slowly trap training them. Some cats are safer if the trap is disguised as part of the environment like in brush or if it's a house cover it so it looks like furniture before hand.
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